U.S. 69 crosses the Missouri River over the Platte Purchase Bridge south into Kansas City, Kansas. 10/07/21
Continuing through our recent roadtrip to the Midwest/Great Plains, updated some of the coverage of Interstate 435 around Kansas City, Missouri. Rephotographed the outer loop from I-35 to the overlap with I-29 and then back east to the freeway along U.S. 169. Most of the shields posted along this stretch no longer include the state name, which is the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) standard going back to at least 2015.
Also updated I-435 south from the hybrid turbine interchange built at I-70/U.S. 40 in 2019/20 to the Three Trails Crossing Interchange with I-49, I-470 and U.S. 50 at Grandview.
Added new pages for Missouri Route 152, a suburban freeway running across the north side of Kansas City, Route 291, which passes through Liberty southeast to Independence, where it becomes a part of Interstate 470, and Route 9, a short highway at Kansas City, Riverside and Parkville.
Updated the page covering U.S. 169 south from I-435 at Nashua in Kansas City to Route 9 near Riverside. The freeway along U.S. 169 is a more recent addition to the Kansas City area, as the dumbbell interchanges with NW 96th and NW 108th Streets were constructed in place of at-grade intersections in 2012-13.
I-70/U.S. 24-40 east and U.S. 169 north cross the Kansas River on the Lewis and Clark Viaduct in Kansas City, Kansas. The westbound bridge system was replaced during the course of three years from 2018 to January 2021. 10/07/21
October 20 Updates
- Interstate 35 South – Kansas City – added photos from Route 152 south to Exit 14 in Liberty and Pleasant Valley from 10/07/21.
- U.S. 69 Missouri – added 17 photos southbound from I-35 at Pleasant Valley to I-435 in Claycomo from 10/07/21.
- Interstate 635 South – replaced three photos between Route 9 and Left Exit 10 for U.S. 69 south in Riverside, Missouri (10/07/21).
- U.S. 69 South – Kansas City, Kansas – updated and expanded coverage of U.S. 69 south from the Platte Purchase Bridge to I-70/U.S. 24-40 (10/07/21).
- Interstate 70 East – Kansas City – added/replaced 15 photos from U.S. 69/169 in Kansas City, Kansas to the Missouri line and 14 photos from the Kansas line to U.S. 71 (10/07/21).
- Interstate 670 Kansas City – updated the westbound page with nine photos (10/07/21).
- Interstate 35 North – Kansas City – updated coverage along the West and North Loops around Downtown Kansas City with ten photos. (10/07/21).
